Alamo Bowl: West Virginia vs. Stanford

Douglas Jones-US PRESSWIRETavon Ausitn

West Virginia and Stanford look like they're missing a crucial element that's needed to win a conference championship. The Mountaineers don't have the proper pieces on defense, while the Cardinal are lacking at the quarterback position.

Still, these are two quality teams that should be able to finish strong and end up in a quality bowl.

The Alamo Bowl is supposed to pit the third-best team in the Big 12 against the second-best team from the Pac-12. Assuming each conference puts two teams in BCS bowl games, that would seem to be right where these teams stack up in their respective leagues.

Armed Forces Bowl: Air Force vs. Houston

Rick Osentoski-US PRESSWIRECody Getz

The Armed Forces Bowl will be a matchup between teams out of Conference USA and the Mountain West.

Given the nature of the bowl game, officials would love to have a service academy like Air Force if it's available. The Falcons are 4-3, but they should be able to beat Army and Hawaii to get to the six wins it takes to become bowl eligible.

Houston has not looked to be anywhere close to the team that went 13-1 last season. However, the Cougars do have three wins and still have three winnable games on their schedule against UTEP, Marshall and Tulane.

BBVA Compass Bowl: Arkansas State vs. Utah State

Douglas C. Pizac-US PRESSWIREChuckie Keeton

This bowl is supposed to feature the fifth-best team in the Big East and the ninth-best team in the SEC. However, with the way things are headed, there's a good chance that both of those conference won't have enough bowl-eligible teams to fill the slots, especially if the SEC, as expected, gets two teams into BCS bowl games.

That could leave the BBVA Compass Bowl scrambling to find eligible teams from non-BCS conferences.

Seeing as how the WAC only has one bowl tie-in and the Sun Belt only has two bowl tie-ins this year, those would seem like logical places to find eligible teams.

This potential matchup between Utah State out of the WAC and Arkansas State out of the Sun Belt would feature a great quarterback battle between the Aggies' Chuckie Keeton and the Red Wolves' Ryan Aplin.

Capital One Bowl: LSU vs. Wisconsin

Kim Klement-US PRESSWIRESam Montgomery

In each of the past two years, the Capital One Bowl has featured an SEC team blowing out and embarrassing a Big Ten team. However, if this year's matchup ends up being LSU and Wisconsin, it could end up being a very competitive affair.

If the Tigers lose to Alabama on Nov. 3 and don't make it to the SEC championship game, they likely won't get the conference's at-large BCS bid. That means they'll likely end up in Orlando.

If Wisconsin wins the Big Ten Leaders Division but comes up short in the conference championship game against the Legends winner, the Badgers will likely join LSU to create a pretty intriguing matchup.

Chick-Fil-a Bowl: Clemson vs. Texas A&M

Joshua S. Kelly-US PRESSWIRESammy Watkins

Clemson is clearly one of the top two teams in the ACC. But since the Tigers came up short against Florida State, which happens to be in the ACC Atlantic Division with them, they're going to need the Seminoles to lose in order to get to Charlotte for the conference championship game.

The Tigers will square off with a quality SEC opponent in Atlanta, which could end up being Texas A&M. The Aggies are 5-2 and have three winnable games against Auburn, Sam Houston State and Missouri left on their schedule.

Holiday Bowl: Oregon State vs. Oklahoma State

Mark D. Smith-US PRESSWIREJoseph Randle

The Holiday Bowl could feature a lot of black and orange in the stands if Oregon State and Oklahoma State meet up in San Diego.

The Beavers may be undefeated at this point, but they still have two tough games against Stanford and Oregon left on their schedule. There's a good chance that they could slip up a few times in the final weeks.

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: Arizona State vs. Navy

Navy is contractually obliged to play in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, so all the Midshipmen have to do is win two of their last five games and they'll be headed to San Francisco.

There, they'll square off with one of the Pac-12's lower-tier teams.

Arizona State could end up being the choice. The Sun Devils are 5-2, but with games against UCLA, Oregon State, USC, Washington State and Arizona remaining, it looks like they're only going to win one or two more games this season.

New Mexico Bowl: Washington vs. New Mexico

Joe Nicholson-US PRESSWIREKeith Price

It will be interesting to see if the Pac-12 ends up with enough teams to fill this final bowl slot.

Washington is a Pac-12 team that may only be 3-4, but the Huskies have the type of favorable schedule down the stretch that could allow them to reach the necessary six wins to sneak into the New Mexico Bowl.

It would be a great story if New Mexico, a team that won just one game last year, were able to represent the Mountain West in its home-state bowl game.

New Orleans Bowl: Western Kentucky vs. San Jose State

Thomas Campbell-US PRESSWIREPhillip Steward

The New Orleans Bowl is supposed to feature a matchup of teams the Sun Belt and Conference USA. However, there's a good chance that there will not be enough bowl-eligible teams in Conference USA to fill that slot.

That means that bowl officials will likely have to scour other non-BCS conferences to find a bowl-eligible team like San Jose State out of the WAC to square off with a Sun Belt squad such as Western Kentucky.

Outback Bowl: Nebraska vs. South Carolina

Andrew Weber-US PRESSWIRETaylor Martinez

We could end up possibly seeing a rematch of last year's Capital One Bowl between Nebraska and South Carolina in this year's Outback Bowl, since the conference bowl tie-ins for both games are the same.

Last year's game was rather lopsided, as the Gamecocks won 30-13. But this potential matchup looks like it would be much more evenly balanced.

It would be fun to see two of the country's top dual-threat quarterbacks, Nebraska's Taylor Martinez and South Carolina's Connor Shaw, duke it out one more time.

Pinstripe Bowl: TCU vs. Pittsburgh

Andy Lyons/Getty ImagesRay Graham

Pittsburgh has had a disappointing start to the season, stumbling to a 3-4 record. However, with games against Temple, Connecticut and South Florida remaining on the schedule, there's a chance that Paul Chryst's Panthers could end up in the postseason.

The Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium would seem to be the most logical destination for Chryst's team.

There, the Panthers would square off with a Big 12 opponent, likely TCU, which could struggle down the stretch without Casey Pachall at quarterback.

Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma vs. USC

If Oklahoma wins out, it would still need a loss by Kansas State, which beat the Sooners back in Week 4, to win the Big 12 championship.

If Oklahoma can't overtake Kansas State, but still ends up 11-1, the Sooners will likely earn a BCS at-large bid, probably to the Fiesta Bowl.

There, they could face a team like USC. If the Trojans upset Oregon on Nov. 3 and then fall to the Ducks in the Pac-12 championship game, they'll likely still have done enough to earn a BCS at-large bid.

Rose Bowl: Oregon vs. Michigan

Scott Olmos-US PRESSWIREKenjon Barner and De'Anthony Thomas

If Oregon slips up against USC on Nov. 3, but finishes the season strong and beats the Trojans in the rematch in the Pac-12 championship game, there's a slight chance the Ducks could still make it into the BCS national championship game.

More likely, though, they would be headed to their third Rose Bowl in the past four years.

It seems all but a certainty that either Oregon or USC will end up in the Rose Bowl, but the Big Ten participant remains much more unclear.

Right now, Michigan seems like its rounding into form and looking to make a run at a Big Ten championship.

BCS Title Game: Alabama vs. Kansas State

To get back to the BCS national championship game, Alabama still has tough games against Mississippi State, LSU and whomever it would face in the SEC championship game.

However, given the way the Tide are playing, it's hard to see any team knocking off Nick Saban's squad.

The question is, if Alabama does make it down to Miami Gardens as expected, who will it play in the big game?

Oregon?

Kansas State?

Notre Dame?

Oklahoma?

USC?

Right now, it looks like Kansas State is the top challenger.

The Wildcats have arguably the biggest game-changer in the country, QB Collin Klein, running their offense. Plus, they have enough veteran playmakers on both sides of the ball such as LB Arthur Brown, RB John Hubert, FS Ty Zimmerman, WR Chris Harper and DT Vai Lutui to beat any team remaining on their schedule.

One thing's for sure, it sure would be fun to watch the loaded Alabama defense try to contain Klein on college football's biggest stage.